Militarily strongest nation in South East Asia

last SG · 2006-05-21T22:23:02+00:00

come on guys, the same applied for specialist as well. who wouldn't want his guys/supporters to be placed on a firmer footing so that they can render a stron...

Texcoco II SG

Which is the most powerful country in terms of military by it’s equipment, capabilities and resources? I think my opinion is on Thailand. Their forces as far I can see, are very well equipped

leo-kun SG

singapore in term of equipment however how many of us are willing to die for nation?

martin_lim85 SG

Laughing if they pay me more i will.

btw i think US is more advance

tvdog SG

Yes, very keen observation. But US not in SE Asia. Cool

sgf SG

If someone's pointing a gun at you or your family, are you gonna shoot the mother f*cker or are you gonna run? Let's not forget. We are not just defending the land or the flag. We're also defending our loved ones. Remember what happened during the Jap occupation? That could very well happen again if S'pore ever gets invaded. So the question is, are you prepared to see your loved ones get subjected to that kinda sh*t?

Money? Of course more pay is good. But don't forget, we are not mercenaries who fight for money. At least not me. No, I'm not pretending to a patriot. I'm just saying I'm not gonna flee & leave my family behind to die that's all.

martin_lim85 SG

oops my bad, hmm so now i think is japan?

leo-kun SG

you are right family is the priorty what do you think?

UandMe SG

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leo-kun SG

no we will defend our nation to ensure our family safety better?

sgf SG

Well you were the one asking how many people are willing to defend the country. And my answer is simple. If you don't defend the country, your family will suffer. Now are you (not you literally but anyone) willing to let your family & loved ones suffer? If not then there shouldn't be any doubt as to whether you will fight or not.

But of course if you (once again, not literally) are a coward & would rather abscond even if it means dumping your loved ones behind to get slaughtered, then its a different story lah.

Many people seem to forget that if war does break out, we are not just fighting for the land or the PAP or the Lee Dynasty. We're also fighting to protect our loves ones. Because as long as the country is in a state of war, they are not safe. So will we fight? I leave that to the individual to choose.

sgf SG

UandMe:

You seriously think 4 million S'poreans can flee in time? Considering how small the country is. Not to mention they'd probably bombard Changi airport as one of their first targets. So how do you figure out on escaping? Getting your whole family on a sampan & then rowing to Timbucktoo? Rolling Eyes

mhcampboy SG

I believe in times of war, no one can escape from singapore. Why? This is just my opinion. If lets say we are going to war, our GOV surely will have the intelligence about it. I dun think they will wake up one day and say today sg will go to war. Hence they will surely know war is brewing soon and will close and block all exits out of singapore beforehand. So the citizens lan lan got to fight for their country. Cool

ben1406 SG

mate, japan is not part of S.E.A either.. don't think you are / were a history student during secondary school eh ?

sgf SG

Here’s a clue for lost sheep. Countries in the ASEAN grouping are countries in SEA. In terms of size, I’d say Indonesia’s military is probably the largest. As for strongest, that’s really hard to say. Size isn’t everything, neither is military hardware.

LazerLordz SG

In the first place, we will never let war come to our shores, the SAF is designed to fight wars abroad.

fudgester SG

Otherwise known as the principal of forward defence.

By applying the concepts of forward defence, we run the risk of being seen as the agressors. That's not something we can really afford to have. We need all the allies we can get.

At the same time, it's not as if we have much of a choice. If we allow war to come to Singapore's shores, we're screwed regardless of the outcome of the war. There's only so much space to maneuver in 650 km2 of land. That's not much land for the enemy to pulverise, either. So we've got to take the war to the agressor's land and pray really, really hard that we don't get labelled as the agressors in the process.

Texcoco II SG

Hey pple let's keep it to the topic? Rolling Eyes

tripwire SG

didnt realise that i have a choice... where do i sign? Laughing

Fatum SG

now if we can get our eyes beyond the SM1s .... in terms of hardware and spending, we are the strongest militarily (though I'm not sure how much of it are spent on personnel salary, we certainly have the highest paid officers corp :lol Smile ... even in terms of fully mobilized strength, we're still up there somewhere ...

but in terms of experience and fighting spirit .... I dunno .... Wink

we're not the only country in SEA that has conscription btw .... and no ... I'm not talking about malaysia's boys scout camps ..... Thailand also has conscription, also they call up people selectively, and by ballot ... each province will have a certain quota for each intake ....

sgf SG

Vietnamese & Flipinos have some form of training too though I wouldn't exactly call it NS. More like part time military attachment to learn some simple military tactics & weapons handling.